... and I am not better or more coherent in judging European policies than Sarah Palin. I haven't even seen Russia from my German backyard, just a glimpse of the Polish coast line. That's why I post links of articles here or to EB, because I want others to explain to me what I don't understand. I have at most some "feelings" of how to see some things in Germany (and only in Germany and they are all based on the times of the seventies and thus completely out-dated and probably also very wrong). In general people who post at dailykos (ie Americans) know a lot more about Europe and Germany and European history than I do and read a lot more sources I have no idea about. I always wonder if those guys are all good 'ol American spies from the cold-war times of the sixties, seventies and eighties in Germany.

They are all wiz-kids about Stalin, Marx, Hitler and everything "revolutionary" "authoritarian" and 'imperial". I am just someone an elderly woman, who just retired a year ago and can't get used to it. I am also pretty tired of life sometimes, so not the best source for comments to be taken seriously, if I say something at all... ok I like to joke sometimes, because otherwise I go nuts.